The meeting will take place at the Rio Rancho Public Schools District Board Room at 6:00 p.m.

“For the first time, Republican legislators representing Rio Rancho will present a capital outlay project recommendation of our own,” Sen. Craig Brandt said in a statement. “I think the public will be very interested in this, I hope they come to the capital outlay forum in December to hear about our recommendation and to hear others’ recommendations for capital spending.”

No word if Democratic state Senator John Sapien, who represents part of the city will attend.

2. LFC meeting day three

The third day of the big Legislative Finance Committee December meeting, the last one until the day before the legislative session, will feature some cabinet secretaries from high profile departments.

The heads of the Children, Youth and Families Department and Department of Health will update the committee in the morning, then the Human Services Department head will take the first post-lunch spot. The interim committee will also hear on “special, supplemental, deficiency and IT requests” as well as recommendations from the Tobacco Settlement Revenue Oversight interim committee and the Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Committee.

Tomorrow, PED Secretary Hanna Skandera will get her spot on the hot seat, along with the Department of Transportation and Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department secretaries.

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“This epidemic has claimed the lives of too many innocent Americans--far too many of them children--and it is well beyond time for Congress to act to protect Americans from the scourge of gun violence,” Toulouse Oliver said in her gun safety plan.

—See below for all of the stories published on Wednesday. The end of the session is always the busiest time for the Legislature, since there is nothing that encourages people like deadlines; it’s just human nature.

Matthew Reichbach is the editor of the NM Political Report. The former founder and editor of the NM Telegram, Matthew was also a co-founder of New Mexico FBIHOP with his brother and one of the original hires at the groundbreaking website the New Mexico Independent. Matthew has covered events such as the Democratic National Convention and Netroots Nation and formerly published, “The Morning Word,” a daily political news summary for NM Telegram and the Santa Fe Reporter.
Matthew has appeared as a panelist for the Society of Professional Journalists’ New Mexico Chapter’s panel on covering New Mexico politics and the legislature.
A native New Mexican from Rio Rancho, Matthew’s family has been in New Mexico since the 1600s.